Nebraska Newspapers

    JUDGE M. L. HAYWARD.
THE KEYNOTE FOMI CAMPAIGN.
Judge M. L. Hayward, Republican Candidate For Gov
ernor, Lays Bare Fusion Sophistry,
POPULIST ECONOMY A VERY EXPENSIVE LUXURY.
4ud|t Ua/warti'a Ifitcli, Da'lvorart Baforo tba Raptibllcaa fount/ Couveatlaa
of Laucaatar Count/.
Judge Huy ward twirl: In Jnntmry, IkiiT,
the admlliisl rat ion of thin state passed
under l'opullstic control. A circular re
cently Isst-ed, signed by the three chair
■lien anil three secretaries of the three al
leged "reform" parties, entitled “The.
K form Keeortl," and hearing a legend,
“Truth wears no musk, seeks neither
place nor applause, nil she seeks Is u hear
lug," contains the clulmsunrl undertakes
to give u muss of figures upon a consider
at loll of whir li t ho 1’opllllst state officers
ask for re election. 'l ids circular Is nil
thorltutlvc nud is I icing largely circulated
over the state. The.so claims anil figures
in brief are that in 1 he office of rotunds
•lonerof public lands alul buildings they;
have pained to the state, lit comparison
with Republican record, in round mini
bers. f.UW.OOU; In the office of -ceretary of
■tut*, (HP,Out). Net savings by appri priu
turns for the yenr IHU7 over IMt% fc>7l,isiu,
and in addition to this, large sums of
money In the conduct, of the office of
superintendent of public Instruc
tion, state treasurer and various state In
stil u I lolls generally.
Accepting the figures of this cirmlar,
the voter Is led to believe that during the
past SO months the present administra
tion has saved tho people of fliiSHtate
nearly $1,000,000, or to be more accurate.
$f. 100,010.48, in addition to the high sound
ing claims made for the attorney general
on account of suits I rough!, and not yet
determined. These claims, neither small
nor modest in amount, require candid
consideration. The circular parades these
state officers as person! Ilcutions of truth
“wearing no mask, seeking neither place
nor applause, and only seeking a hear
ing." Are these figures a plain statement
of unvarnished facts, or are they, on the
contrary, a disturb'd, jumbled mass of
misleading statements, containing here
and there a half truth, constituting in
their entirety an imposition and a lief
A re these officers truly seeking noplace,
no applause? Are they simply asking a
hearing, or is the circular but a specious
plea of the coterie seeking place and re
elect ion to positions far more remunera
tive than are open to any of them in the
walks of private life?
A Party Muy Claim What In Juki.
A party may justly claim credit for the
legitimate and natural result* (lowing
from putting it* distinctive party prin
ciple* into practical operation. It can
claim no monopoly on individual honesty.
Honesty and patriotism arc a common
heritage of gixal citizenship. These high
attributes are found in the groat majority
of people without regard to |>olitical alii li
nt ion. 1 appeal to the citi/clis of Ne
braska, lie they Populists, Democrat* of
cither variety, Prohibitionist* or Kcptih
licans, only becuuse i have confidence in
their Intelligence to discern the truth and
equal confidence in their honesty to net
upon the truth as they see It. The citi
zens of this statu are law7 abiding, honor
ttldu and patriotic; they live in high hope*
unit have lofty ambition* for them selves
individually, and for the state at large;
they hnvo nothing ill common with the
thief, the mischief muker, the disturber
of public peace or the unpatriotic. It is
a tenet of every American that honesty,
faithfulnesH, efficiency, love of country
and fidelity in her serviee should tie
recognized ami rewardisl, and equally as
strongly eiulssldtsl in the heart and bruin
of every true man of whatstswer party is
the proposition tliat the lawless, the falsi',
lie who has iso rayed a trust re|io*ed In
litm lit either puhlieor private life, should
ls> eertalnly and ndi«|uaiu4p punished
W e make no defense for > rung doing,
we ask no Immunity Inua punishment
lot tile di faulting otlletal who has vio
I tied the trust ami tie c> Ihleitce of his
fellows and has hrmighl disgrace U|miii
his (uirty anti the slate I go further
Whatever may I** *uid of the defaulters
wholslong to other parties, ami their
name Is legion, i believe the severest |s-it
allies of tite law sHotiltl 1st visited upoo a
Heimldieati who is false to his trust, for
the reason iltat he sin* against a grtsi . r
light; lie has Iss'lt taught Is'tter tie
know* Is lter ami therefore if |te fail*,
is his sttt greater ami hts pontshno nt
•tool hi lie none a*vert*
lit I'nlSSt t ifUllsiMUKUKU
lint stiles' honesty and Mdeltly are lie
t>a> hitigs ttf « cry |*tri» it is niainfesily
nit jo <t to put , sit a patty for the 4i**hon
nt) of one w* >, at the limit ttf hts mm ,
i *i iom and tilaviwn to ultiea, after titwt tw
4l
quiry and rare exorcised, was found to
boar tt k<mM reputation nmong IiIh follows
and counted liy those who knew him l>' t
us lit fop the place, hut who after Id* oils
tlon proved fa I no and betrayttd the (tcop'e
who put their confidence In him, In ei ry
Walk of private life, In every profesloti,
In every d/iy and age of the world Home
men have fallen. Arnold betrayed the
coiiii*ol*at Washington; Lincoln wan tie
celvtstl and tmi*>*cd upon hundred* of
tlincH, and oven holy writ ttdl* it* that
one of the twelve choKen of the infinite
and all wi-e One betrayed him fora few
paltry dollar*, and yet no considerate,
patriotic man wa* justified In abandoning
the eatino of the revolutionary heroes,
the union, or the religion of Je*usChrist.
Partle* are to be judged for their prim)
pies and the praetleal operation of those
prllielpli 1 upon the welfare of the people.
We ttliotllil not condemn the whole Demo
cratic party simply Ixrause of the opera
tion* of Tweed iii New York or the de
falcation of Htata Treasurer Itamsoy,
Ikisoiii friend of Altgeld, the Dem M-ratie
Idol of Illinois; we should not condemn
the whole Populist party because of it*
Taylor who sold out In the state legisla
ture In lHItl; It* numerous defaulting
county treasurer* and township trees
urers throughout the state, nor can yon
f/drly condemn tint Republican party be
cause it ha* been cursed with a Hartley
and a Moore,
Pops Twist hull.
In the circular of which I speak the
Impression 1h Bought to he given that in
dome way, ns the natural results of fu
slon, there hits resulted an immense Bum
of money timilo for the state. Does lhe
fact justify the impression?
The cardinal principles of the combine,
stated In the national Populist platform
of 1K1U and reiterated in the successive
platforms, are the issuance by the govern
ment of irredeemably |>apo’' or Hat monov
witli free and unlimited coinage of silver
at it) to i as a stepping stone; the inflation
of our currency to at least HD per capita;
the sub treasury scheme as a means of
distribution; the government ownership
and operation of railroads, telegraphs and
telephones, with their regulation to suit,
pending their absolute acquisition, uml
ownership of the sources of wealth gen
erully.
The circular is sear* hod In vain for evi
dence that the large sums of money
claimed to have been made for the people
uro due in the least to putting into opera
tion any of those doctrines which, with
the exception of free coinage of silver, are
not now seriously advocated by any con
siderable number of loaders or followers
of the opposition. Their present claims,
then, do not follow front putting into law
or practice their dlstl ctive doctrines.
They are not party claims. They are
claims made in liehitlf of individuals only
—claims of executive officers whose only
power Is to execute the laws and dispense
the appropriations made by the icgisla
tu re.
No state offloer can make money for the
state. '1 he state can make no money for
itself. The state is sup|sjrtcd by the tax
|ia\er. State Institutions and state offic
er* are at best but taxeaters.
Kvery dollar handled by any officer. Is*
he eiectidor ap|adntcd, must lirst be col
lot ted from tive people tiy the tax gath
crer. These taxes are levied by the pnqs-r
officer, and when ■ idler ted are placid in
certain definite funds to Is* nx|s-nded ,‘tc
cording to l.ii' Let me Illustrate with
tile school fluid alsiut which so much 1*
said in this circular:
Ala,ul I hr Stliiml tiilnl.
Section M, article H.’of tin* stateeoiisfltu
tl> it (made by itepublnalisl prov hies
“1 he following are hereby disliinsl to 1st
|>cr|B’tunl funds fur eomiuoll seiitsd pur
p*'»* i, of which the annual interest or in
roine only e*in Iw appropriated first,
•lu ll |»>iventuui as has las’ll or may here
an, i Is- gianti<1 by eungros# on the sale
of lauds in I tits state. SvoiiHl all looneys
arising from the salt* or live leasing of
ws tioiis numb, r 10 and ## In tub loan
•hip lu this •late, and the laud* wja'iwt
or i liat may lie scleetisl in lieu tle-rcof
I Idl'd, the proceeds of ail lands that have
Iseii ur may hcroaltcf la* gratitisl to this
•tatu m Imre by thu terms anil comliliousof
•Ill'll grant, the same ate Hot to 1st other
w ia* appropriated fourth, the net pro
I'aih f lamiaand other proju-rly au*i vf
fts is t hat may tome the state by is heat
if fortstturw or frsnu un* iatmed dtt Idenda
or distributive share-of the i t it of •
vniMtl pcrttoni, Fifth, all moti' ;
bomli, lands and other projM>rty u t •,
longing to common » dtool fund.
Hjr section* 4 and 5 of the same art I 1 • |
of flit- constitution all rent ! of ihn i ! |
school lands, gift* and tin1 like, Inti r
arising from the permanent fund, till
Illicit, penalties and Hit tine inoin" - and
■iii’h other moan* a* the legislature may
provide, arc upidlctl to the ttupport of out
Common schools anil constitute the *‘tctn
porary scIvmiI fund,’'
The count lint loii expn -ly forbid* the
diminution of the permanent school fuutl
that, fuinl mmtt remain Inviolate,
'I he state tempi ,.ry school fund I* for
current into anil i* made up principally
of: First Intercut on permanent w-hool •
fund; second, rent* on untold school '
landt; thin fond It apportioned to the vt
era I count len in January and duty <>f cue I
year a* collected. Willi the except Ion of
Interest derived from flic invested school:
f n in It, every dollar of this tei porarjr fund
U eollei*tod l>y t he county ollleer* from the
jieople, atnl by them turned into the stale
treasury. The state nllleers have uh*n
lately nothing to ap|Mirlion until ll it
fired collected by oflirer* In the counties
whoso action* they cannot command and
over whom they have practically no eon
trol
If timet are good ami the people |niv the
county tivatiiri-r he In turn pays over to
the statu treatnrer and the reform state
officers may apportion the collect ion -
made. The rule and practice hat not liecti
clumped and It the tame now that It hat
lipen ever tlnee the adoption of I ho eotisll
trtlon In INT6.
l><tlliii|tiriit Tiiim Ait Awtla,
The payment of taxes relleeit ihelmti
nett condition* of the country. In pro*
pcrou- time* the people have the meant
and pay their tale*, When timet are bad
they ha>e not the means, they cannot anil
do i ot pay. ltd It lie remembered, how
ever, that the unpaid taxes do not lapse
Imi they remain on the Isiok- at no mueh
assets of the stale to he collected 111 midi
tlmi to the regular annual tax, at noun a
tlino* Improve and the people have the
money wherewith to pay. "Taxes are at
*ure a* death," 1* an old adage worthy of
acceptation.
How misleading and untrtM It it, then,
for an ollleer or a party to take erivllt for
paymentof taxi * liy t lie |s'ople! We cheer
fully concede that collection of laxe-hat
been much larger and cutler tlnee No
vcmljcr IHfttl, Ilian for four yeart next
preceding, It It a tlgniflcaut fact, which
the Intelligent, voter will not overlook,
that the date and duration of adverte I ot I
mice* it the precite date and duration of a
national admlnltt rat loii, and imlley ft'
which the fusion foreet and not Kopuhll-,
can.i are retpon*lble, and i lie date and du
ration of the prosperous finances. of which
hoa*t It made, It Idem leal with the ad
inliilitrathm of the Id d of our party,
Fretident MeKInlev.
During the yeart from 181(3 to iKiXi, lit
oIiinIvo, our time tufferiNl an unpreee-,
dented series of crop failure-, au i tin
milled to tho butltic,-.- depression over the
cut ire land, made and kept our pco| U* in
morn htruitened circumHtunc.es than ever
before 111 the hltlory of the tfate. ixd
nie Hulmilt to the candid judgment of my
fellow ell I/,cut a few plain fact* ami tip
ure* which make their own argument;
more convincing than declamation fa ts
and figure* which may not lie Juggled:
Knowing Miolc hy Hunker*.
The rrpnrtN of ttate and private liankt:
of thi* state tliow that on \ov. 6, 18SD, wa
hud of them) bank* 63'J, capital Htock, fit,
U.T7,0tdt; general deposltt. $31,81(1,113.30;
loan* and ditcount*, $38,-’s,.i,(t7il.4ii.
On Dim. (t, 181)4, there were of thctc
liankt 41(3;' capital stock, $IO,4o7,838.3-"i;
general deposits, $18,074,833.43; loan* and
discount-, $33,263,003.41.
On Dec. ill, I-1*1. there Were of these
hank* only 403; capital stock, $8,233,005.60;
general deposits, >10,327,537.03; loan*und
discount*, #1MH18,808.38.
In other words In those four years, 77,
or one out of every seven private and
state hanks, went out of existence and
there was a reduction of over $3,000,000
In their capital stock; over (I f,600,001), or
three llftlis at their general deposit*, and
nearly 14,000,000, or nearly one-half, in,
their loan* and discounts. The exper- j
lence of national banks In our stale was
equally as dl-ast rotts.
Turn to the real estate mortgage In
debtedness of our people. J n Ongeo ourity
In lKIH there was an increase of $01,583,
and as late as 1800 there was In Otoe
county an Increase of $06,631 ; and in York
county $120,123.68. 'i'uke collections for
this state temporary school fund, of which
1 have s|siken, using Jefferson and Kear
ney counties as illustrations: Jefferson
county, in 1806, $3,038.47; 1800, $2,044.10.
Kearnoy county, 1806, $3,131.75; 1800, $3,
303.(11.
Their own circular shows, what we all
remember as an Instance of that horrible
four years nightmare, that the legislature
was compelled to appropriate $360,000 to
feed and furnish seed grain to our desti
tute people. We were practically foree-l
Into debt as a state for that amount to
meet the awful emergency forced then
upon us. How could a people In that con
dition pay their tax, their rental, either
Interest or principal on what they owed.
Unjust Credit ( Inline.I.
The state, as well as individual creditors
was unaldo to collect, but unlike Individ
ual creditor*, tho claim* of the state are
nut turned by the statute of limitations
and when times Improve the claims of the
state are made ms id. Kcntals on school
lands and payments on school land eon
tracts, where these were not oauoslhs , j
and all demands of the state on citizens1
remained unpaid for the time lieitiK for
the same reasons which compelled the
hunks to break and tile farmers to in
crease their iimrtKnifeH. In the ltuht of
those facts, which no one can dispute, is
it not tho greatest, of absurdity and Im
position to claim a superiority fur tho
present state officers tor collection* and
disbursementmade In these prosperous
times, and which Wi re not jMi-»ilile in the
! days of drouth and i lie development of
| Populism.
1 the same elretllar they claim a “hat
1 anee In favor of reform” in school appor
I tkinment of fM.itsi.A* In Douglas iMiiinty.
i and lUii.dUiVUT in Istiteasler eounty for the
I yeur 1*4*7 and the first lialf of |hi»v sscotn- i
1 |>a red with tin- scemid half of irr.s’i and the
year 1st*') \V hai is ilie truth atsoii I his!1 |
1 have alrcod. shown you the ai>|>orti)iu i
•■lent Is made to the several counties from j
Ilie motley col touted j lie dial ribiithin Is
lit.uti) ill proportion to the children of
s'iuHil ii(it< m the several counties. It is
itti|K>rtaut then ni ascertain w imt is eoi
). d from in. h count\ Xolhli _ is |snd i
• mi of tiie state treasury until It I* paid tfi j
by tiie I as Ip u U Imt luiie I la* iss.plo of j
these counties l*tld IIP Itcdde** tiie tein- j
|uintry »• htsd fund drawn from sources |
al.o\ i staled, the state It do* ». fusil >si l
wliii h was, ill i*uH, one half mill. In 1*011, I
rills d tii Mi’i ill ,i mill. In |siia, T*. ill Is *1,
cnlits'iul by tin* ti doiitsls at I ?,) *iu| in
h >( lb, levy was I : IT A, or loom thuti tluii
tile earlier |u\ U>» t hi s Istku ail refer to
lsiM**tvr county
Where l*roepe»ll* tsiislr.
In the liot lialf of 1st’, l.iiiuotvr conn 1
ty ra dio the *tat< upon such s h *>l levy I
fk’.fMP 13. In 1H30 she [Nitil f.,. ‘-.'7
In T In1 1H immthi nit-iit loll 'i by l h • 11; am
pits-tarnation of $m. !><7 front January
1, |mp7. to .li'ly I 1HPH, : 1"■ in minty
paid tuC state upon thi' -i In«il It % > siu.otil
or >»!il,t#7,0t linin' than wits jNiiti thi* He
pti! lifnn wliiilni'traiiiin In tin*lime nu n !
Unlit ll.
I i!tt .lull 1 I'-i to January I, 1MP7.
Mi i, .- i .'tit- t-.it-' tin it. for rout
.in 'i i ■ ■ I., ml*. (1 i :;p| -.'i,
it in I from .l.iiii.art 1, lit?. to July I. 1SP8,
ft ollt the same flltltl-, I SI I • .liter I'Olintr
pa i 11," i,.!.- ; 71'.t :io or s .•! . ,-t OH more
I On U Mint | titl Mnt Hcpilhlicali* Inthi'lH
month ■ ini 'll itmril. I o * his mill the Ho,*
Mi .'it ■ ■ • paid the *tut" on n hisil lands
Ulld v.f hil t I hit this county (mill to the
|.it j'ii! administration &)■.’,'.’.iiS.iW more
the I Mil mtlin* rotlllty Jl.litl ill tilt! prt'Ced
mg 1't mom it. It Is only claimed that !
tin1 .tatf paid thin county In the limit
incutloiii'il 1 »n that Mnt coiiniv
liiii in li lt tlcitl .'in. Tim same Is
probably it tin of other. utilities.
< nnntut; I niton Hophl.lry,
The | a i maklli'j; lljt Mie fusion elreit
lar I'Uiilllfily makes the lime lived for
i In I{i‘|hiIi) 11 .Hi" from .1 nly I. I a*, ft, to Jan.
1, IM*7. till!* ini-ill linur the l l-< half of two
years anti the ilntt half of only one, ("or
them 4' Man reverie thi- order anil III
elude the fir-1 halt oi t wo years ilntl lit"
hi' i half of only one. 1 his wi» U-eoiisc,
a» they well knew, nearly all taxes In Vi
lira -kit anil nearly all n nts and Interest
on school lands are pah! In the first half
of each year, ns we sett by the following
Haunts: Douglas county |ialtl taxes In
the first hall of IHPU, (cSfi'koKI.II; in the
lint half, tllljxUMi In th.i year Ih*.■;
first half, flUW.ijrti! .'iT; In tie- hut half only
fI l.'/fU.-’ii Isilleaiier county |wild In the
II rot half of 1807, »;.'l:t. IttSJH; 111 the Iasi
half, 11^1,743.01. These llgliret speak for
themselvesand show the cunning crafti
ness with which tint circular was pro*
paivil,
A not her re , son why the apportionment
of school money was Increased In 1807 nnct
tin- llr it half of IHPS Is sho n by the faet
that thu state I'olleeted in Is1,ft, from In
litres! on sellout lands sold, $1IP,4HI>7m,
and In 1807, and in tint first
half of lasts, (JukOtyUlO, ami from rents of
selnwil lands in IMft, jkt.tsl I ,lni| In 1 Ht(7,
(I If),378.00, ami in the first half of Inks,
l-il.its k'Js, Iii view of these eolloe'ions, It
Is not strange Mint the disbursements for
scIuhiIs Were Increased.
1 iim'i'i- Apportionment Him*.
The simple t rid h Is, the jssiple have
heeit taxed more In avily, have paid more
llls'i'itlly and therefore enjoyed it larger
apisirthininent. It Is Mu' rankest damn
goguery for these self styled "reformers"
to claim they have given this Increased
ap|sirtlonmciit lo Mie people. The conill
tloiis have In the past two years most
wonder&ully improved The fact Is potent,
crops bin I ecu Isiuntlfu), prices for
cereals of all kinds, of sheep, hogs, eattlo
and horse , everything raised on the farm,
have Itci-n gra'ifyltigly higher. Huslness
hits revived: farmers and mechanics, la
borers and professional men are all uu
eoltrageil.
Notea.' iin some figures: As shown by
tin- reports of the stale and private hanks
of this state, im July It, lhPM, the general
ih poslts vveii-(I7,W9.il3l. It; loans anil ills
counts, (1.7, list,o.'J.H'l, or a gain in Is
months of over (7,000,000 in de|s>»Its; an
inereasaof otdy about (500,000 In loans.
'1 he same report shows that In all hanks
of t Ids state I here was an Increase of over
(.’.000,000 ill tleposils from fell. ‘JO, IMPS, to
July 11, Ift, white loans anil discounts
were reduced over (MUO.OOO. In other
words, our people now, Instead of going
into debt for living expenses, are living
liftI' f Ilian ever In lore, and at the same
t i lie increasing their deposits In the hunk
at the rate of nearly £1011,000 per month,
uml decreasing their loans at the hank at
the rutenf nearly fh7O,O00. The net result
is, in our hank "ju ralions alone, that our
people are going 10 the good ut the rate
of (0.70,000 per month.
'lake the collections for tint state tem
porary school funds, using the sume conn
ties for further illustration. Jefferson
county in 1807. (0,30.7, or more than double
the amount collected In 1800. first half
of IHPs, || 1, jo ..Ms, ora gain of nearly one
t hird over the corresponding ticrhsl of
Imp", Kearney county, July J, Imp", lo
July I, Imps, (13,078.75, or more than six
times as unit bus in the year from July I,
ltsoi. to July I, is,ft,
'1 tils lspM.i|»'rity; these are truly He
publican times. 'The days of busting
banks, delinquent taxes, relief bills and
parties ilia' feed anil grow on calamity
are, I hope, soon all to ho only remiuis
fences.
Ilow tli<- llrlit Wax Reduced.
(Jim uf tlu! principal claims made by
tliu reformers Is that In IK months their
atatc treasurer has reduced tho interest
bearing debt 47U0,542.‘JII, wok Inn to oroaio
t In* 11 .prcxsioii I hut thoy have given till*
umnuiii in tho stalo. • anilur, however,
compelled thorn to Htato In tho *aino con
m ot mu t hat tho present Inoiinihont re
ceived from Mr. Hart ley tho following
mini*of money:
ii< noral fit till, $104 215. SI; sinking fnml.
(U!l;i.Til7.2tt. 'I lioso amounts worn appli
cable upon tho interest bearing dolit of
tho da'e and explain how tho treasurer
pa hi si.17,lit of tliTi Mato debt. Ilo also
iveoivoil money belonging to other fund*
at tho *aiuo (Into, ♦11*1,1(17.47, or a total of
gOTUttSO.OO. These figures luako t ho state
monl of tho olroular that nearly all tho
cash in tho treasury had hoon stole i hard
to behove.
4mile from thin rash, the state li id Jan.
!, 1*117, as a cash asset, tho delinquent lax
list. I-rom Hits list, Douglas county has
paid the present treasurer in is months,
$il,72N.f>7. As Douglas county pays one
half of the state taxes, it Is fair to assume
that tho present treasurer has collected
from delinquent taxes levied prior to lSlttl,
IU.Vt.H28.WJ. In addltion to this the state
levied In IHiKS a sinking fund amounting
to |do;i,f>to.N4 and the same for 1H1I7. rl ho
whole sinking fund tax for lhUfl, If col
lected, mill tw» thirds of the tux for I HUT,
which, as we have seen, was likely paid in
the lifst half of laws, make $172,atW 07.
These three Items make much morn than
the present treasurer claims to have paid
upon the interest lu-uring debt of tho
state and make his claim of doing so much
for the state appear very slim.
Hartley To mail Over fash.
There was in Ills hands on the Kith day
of September, 181*4, tile sum of *4<lli,iWl.ii6,
of which nearly one half is In the perma
nont school fund. If the action of Mr
Hartley In holding In his hands large
amounts of money is subject to just eriti
eism, a* It certainly is. tln n the hoUliiiu
by the present treu-urer of the amount of
$17li,mo.8u of permanent school fund 1*
also reprehensible. 1 maintain that no
iroiiey taken from the |ieoplo which is
u\nllalde for (lie reduetion of deliis or for
inve uneiit should he held for one mo
mi nt by the state oltlecr, but on llie eon
t rury sliotild Igi luimi*11j*iel\ |nve«t«sl or
applied to the reduetion of t he obligations
of the state, and I from that the next leg
islaiun w ill «s* to It that our revenue
I law. ore so amentUxl that large hoard, of
■ mottey will not I*) wittuiruNN ti from the
i ii.uitiels of buxine**ami lock**! tipwdthin
ih s el > of iIh state treasury ot f t *■- d
out to dcixediorh ,, Ian on tin tin i ary,
tll.lt roiteelloti and pay melt! shall is*, so
I • r a - |»*«sllil,t, l out. tii|H>ranmu* act*
ih, claim of (lie pr--.lit state auditor
that he lets saved to the state ill round
nomisr* Mot-i>V t* is|itally without fmiu
| itutloii. I 111 * sat lug I* made up. as heal
I l. s»'s as follows h t ills''slid other I Its,
tstu.d; ivliix ting ia(« taxes, 444*1X1,
i irMlii ell ■. kvs, (k*jkiil II, by lint istylog
.» i e in .«it m» e, |o .slot | he. lei. gx>
i mi t.- ■ torirans|s-rt)iig pri<"ii. is,
in', nil. i.tfi uder* ami luxatte js-r*. ».. ha*
I a iimiIv in law In iti»- early day*
win n i«au•| nation was by vehicle a taw
wax allow ii|t the sheriff lu i-.-nt*
I r miiv tor . .. I. mile n.s, .i.,riIy n ,i
> i ii Vow lid I., si |y t very eottlity .*at
| o mi lata la xini xtllilv l.y railway and
the rate of tntniiportntlt.ii In hut 3 cent#
por milt*, tin' law him been pro) <rly
elmiitfftl to allow the sheriff his ptrilmin
anti actual cxpcusesonly. Htmilar change*
In the •fauite aiu Ising nmtle each rt■« ur
ring session of the Icgislal urn itn«i Un i t*
1* no foMtuintion whatever for the nuilltor
taking credit fur thin amount.
I'ttrler's litlse I'lMtltinn.
The ■ecriitary of state uia mm it claim of
nearly Ik’lMXXi mntle I>y hit* tiillee in Is
intuit hit, over t hat In rule hy IiIm prodeces
■or In two yearn The secretary omit* to
Htnte the fact that of this ntnount $|H,tXX)
Was pahl by the I'll Ion Pacific Hiiilio.nl
company for tiling It* article# of im or
pomtion, mi net inailo iicti-ssary hy tin*
wine at tloll of the repiltiiienn national ltd
ministration, which brought to a suceiis*
ful l-nie the long standing and vexation#
eoiiticivi r«y with the I’aeiiie rontl#. It I#
hiirtlly likely that a similar i#*enslnn will
oof ur again In your llfetiuie or mitie I Im
intelligent voter will also recall that, not
lug on the example set hy stall s nratiuil
tis, notably of Iowa, the legislature In
it<'»7 pas-...| a law whleh taxed all eorj#»r
utiotis filing artli'li'» with the seere ary of
slate Previous to that time the law pro*
vltltsl a fen of only a tloll.tr, whleh was
presumed to comiKOlsalo for l lie at1! uni
lulior In filing ami recording article* of
incorporation. Now the minimum fee is
flO. with un additional 10 .cat# for eat It
♦ l.txxi on all articles of Ineorjiorat, >ti
wlmrc the capital st*#'k is over ♦ IUO,ixm.
Liulcr repulillcaii pros|HTlty during the
Iui-1 lfi month# there have licttn more new !
ercamery coinpaiilcs organl/nl In the :
Htate than existetl therein prior to that
time. Kaeli of these paltl a tiling fee of
i'o, where fornmrl.v they paid only $1
eat h. It. is not alaiinetl. neither rail it 1st,
that former secretaries of state have falitsl
to rol loot every dollar due the statu, or
collecting have fulled to turn the money
Into tho treasury. How then, In fairness,
(tan tlm secretary claim superiority.
When we recall that the supreme court,
nearly a year ago, rendered a decision
that under the const It lit,I'm all fees for
services rendered liy I lie ofllcu of auditor
or secretary must lie |iald III advance Into
the treasury “by the party desiring the
service to he jMirforincd,” and that neither
the auditor nor ■eurotury have, as a mat ter
of fact, in late mouths, handled these
fees. Their claim for honesty In the pro
mises docs not seem to lie I lasts I on a
strong foundation.
Tlt«t /t|i|>ri>|irlutl<in Argument.
Perhaps the most remarkable claim
made In the reform circular Is that In
which tile reformers n|nme themselves on
tna splendid record or the legislature of
1KU7, anti the claim Is boldly set, forth that
In their appropriations they matlea “tu t
saving in 18W7 over 18115 of pt7M7# III." Is
It possible that these pseiltlo informers
proeeisl nil the proposit Ion that if. people
tin nut understand the difference 1st ween
amounts appropriated anil the am Hints
ex pen li'tl;* Do they |#trsumc that t he i#m
ple tin not understand that appropriations
are simply the estimates of the legislature
of tint amounts required for the several
use# of the government, and permission
given to exjstnd the amount estimated?
The important fact to the people not #o
much what 1# appropriated, although ap
propriations which aro |N'rilli*#tdti* In ex
pend should always Isj carefully made and
within the proper limits, but the 'Impor
taut i|iiestlon I# how miieh has been ex
pendetl and for what purpose. The m <.
slly of one biennial term may lie lar o*ly
In excess, or much below that of alio her
term.
lift us compare tho expenditures, then,
of the two terms to which our attention
Is challenged by our adversaries. KUml
dating salaries, specific claims and llxe<l
charges, wo fl rid there were warrants
drawn against Die appropriation for Ihtn’i,
up to .Scptomlier I, l»!#i. ll.ltU.mW.kM, Inti
this include" Ig.iOIXXl relief bills for tl roil I li
siilferers; ♦f(),HHa.k’il beet sugar bounty,
which warrants have not lieeii paid; f ji,
1U7 expenses of maximum rate ease anti
fll&.IXX) for eatieellution of prison eontrael,
making an aggregate of Pi be
deducted from gross amount. of the war
rants, leaving a balance paltl for tlm or
dlnary expenses of that term, $1,117,0#fl.l.r,t.
Now take tho warrants drawn for the
corresponding time against, tho appro
priation of 1HU7.
Iti-rorm KX|ien»lve I.iniiry.
Wo 11 nd Iliiit up fcu Hepl. I, ISDN, there
were drawn against this n[>i>ihj»i IhiIoii of
181)7 It,igld,817.71. Kxeluslvo from tills
amount tin- warrants drawn on account
of tin! TrunMiniHsissIppI cx|x>sltioii, #7s,
DM7.W. and wo have a total net cxpcndit lire
out of the appropriation of 181)7 up to
Hopt. I. I8H8, of #l,SM7,ttlM.IM. or in oilier
words the alleged ooonondoul reform ad
nilnlHtration (Misspent In round numbers
over 1100,000 more t ban did the Republican
admlnislration for tbo ordinary expenses
of state government In addition to this it
must lie remembered that the settlement
and euneullatlon of (lie old prison eon
troet and the substitution therefore of the
present law was the oel ton of the Kepttli' le
an legislature of 18p;i, and yet In tills elr
eular issued to the ptiblle, and In wliieli
they parade as niniinpnllstx of truth, tho
Republicans are c narked with tho
185,000 paid for the eaneellal ion of
the contract and the purchase
of the eontraetor's property and
at tho same time these same reformers
claim that under the I'opulist admlnl
t ration t he ix-nitentlary has Imcomo self
supporting and no longer presents an ex
ample of Republican extravagance. I re
grot to be comtiollud to mar this pleasing
plot lire by calling attention to the fuct
that tin! legislature of 18MB, after cancell
ing the prison contract, appropriated
$4M,tMO for the maintenance of tbo peni
tentiary from April I, IHttfi, to March III,
lsiM-,, and #f>»,BOO to maintain It from April
1, 18Mtl, to March III, I8D7. Whileelalmlng
to have made thisinstltulIon self support
ing, the reformers used #44,1)70 of the first
appropriation and #-18,1)711.117 of the sec
ond appropriation; and further, In the
summer of I8P7, used IW.Duuof the 18% ap
propriation, making a total of #txi,sfsi. 11
during tho two years of the time the In
stltulion was under control of tliesaiue
ollleers as now, and while the claim (hat
It was self-supporting was Isdng made.
Itutterliic Keoiiomy,
l atu sure 1 need not more than call
your attention to the faet that the legitl
mate costs of maintaining an institution
varv with the times, the price of supplies
ami still more with the quality of the sup
piles which are furnished A very eon
side able difference may Is- made by sub
Htltnllng, as it Is claimed, the facts arc.
httttcrllio for butter, cheaper and |ssirer
clothing for the mole comfortable, ami
reducing generally the quality of the I tv
lllg of the dependent Wards of t ile state
The home for the friendless has IhhiII de
nied support cut I rely.
'I lie butterliie Ismghl for Hastings asy
lum in ihe last fourteen i,iotiths is 11,500
isiunds, for which the state board |utid
I,lit
At that rate per capita the total amount
during -ame time for all state Institutions
was ftl.sfit! isuiiids
I he price |laid at that rule,all to a Kan
sn« t'lty |su Ling house, was #Ti,Pvi.isi
\\ tial ought to have Uni lialit to \w
bm ka Mtt maker* i- #|u!t7l so
I be amount laid to tin Missouri foe
tor) U taken out of < lr< ulallou In No
bra* kit
It |s a new way tu stand up for Ne
ftrasiut I ’
1 lie an Inn made thereby enables them
to make their show ino for reform I he
iditlii truth Islhttl ih- IIimio . and show
lug made in tin' elreulor, and enlist it nllng
the s|xh'Ioiis plea of eandlitatea fur iv
i*l(s i ion is ais oil tiled for by the crime of
Hartley, the change* made by law la tin
fie* of office; lie reused collect Mills. dile to
li, mw lime* and the mall sating. If «av
lug ihets la, ilia to tie supplying with
l ofs r a- i-umnestalI ni- amt |s*»n*r tuul
the In mall'* of mir state lustti ut Inis
It.ill,mil* Has Haul tag*
rot lUatlt'uc ul I tail lev a lid Moore WW
entertain no thought and speak no wonl
rih * than n ',cr ,- . un i n,it on Their
ni!'1111 . will not 1.1 xciisod nor italllated,
lint lot, It 1m* remembered that their de
fnlii inn* (wTtiti,*d during their Inst
n-rin i.Mit w ii* , .la 11iilrotnli w i *. gov
rrnoruflhe state, I ndrr i tin Iji . ,n«l
ni.n ;t-»* which pt'i■•..*.i1 these n
n nii'ii repot; of Ih iiindltloii nl heir
ni i even iv mmi 11-i in the governor.
'! uveritiir ns 1 i f executive officer
nf i he Male Is charged with gcnerul
oversight and the duty of conserving
every right of the state The successive
reports i f Misire during tils last, term
show utKin their face that the foes re
reived by him had not ls*eu turned Into
tin- .lull’ treasury. Governor Holcomb
knew from th. re|sirt* Hint the pay
melds had not lieen made to the statin
'I lie Insi report made liy M<sire showing
I lie pay in III of fees was III -lllly, tMUft.
Three reports were thereafter mode by
hill, en h of which showed his default,
and yd the governor PhiU no step what■
ever to protev t the Interests of the Stole.
The testimony of Governor Holcomb on
theerliulnat trial of Hartley was to the
etfe tilin' It, flay fully accounted to him
in January, i '' r for every dollar thru In
his hands, and that there was at, that time
no default, tin the trial of the suit
brought hy the . te of Nebraska against
the Isilidsinen to recover the amount of
the defalcation. Hon, I 'alik T. Hansom,
an attorney for the Isindsinrn, and a
high priest in the ranks of fusion, of
fered to prove by a witness, whom he
then produced, that oil atiuary 11, Ixit.Y
and before the approval of the tiond of
the treasurer for the searmd term, that
there was a shortage of more than flkVt,
<hnt. and that t he shortage was known Mi
the governor at that time. What
ever may Is1 the fact on that pns lsn
point, the undisputed fact Is that Gov
ernor Holcomb approved the bond for
the treasurer for the second term and that
the hand is practically worthless; that the
bond of Hartley for Ids llrst term was
good, and Hint the testimony of the gov
ernor In the criminal trial stands as a
strong bulwark nf defense against the
slate and ill favor nf I lie sureties on the
first Isind, If there was default on the
part of Hartley during the llrst term, It
was the duly of the governor to ascertain
that fact before approving Ills bond for the
second term, and If ascertained, Mi take
stl'ps for the recovery of the shortage on
his Isold If, on t lie oi her hand, there was
no shortage, It was the duty of the gov
ernor to take a good hood, and If the Isold
taken Is had then the loss to the state was
made possible and contribute! to by the
fault and liegllgenei of Governor Hol
comb. Iti either ease Ids failure and neg
luct contribute to the state's loss.
Waul Vrrilit Fur rro«|isrlty<
While tiie showing made hy tin* reform
ers does noi jiislify their continuance In
oltlee, their lalsoed attempt to take credit
for tiie widespread pros)srlty, which our
people are now enjoying, Is another grati
fying evidence of the existence or that
widen they mi long and |s'rslstently de
nied. Republican leaders have ever lieen
heralds of prosperity. The claims of Ihn
combine mi hardily made are In the last
analy sis Mattery of Kepuhllran policy and
capacity. K very where can 1st seen evi
dence of a general prosperity; not hs-ul
lull, national. No section, no statu, no
county nan permanently prosper with
out the vttllie effects being felt by the
country at large, A genuine permanent
prosperity Is always general and comes
only from favorable, natural conditions
and the application ht them of wise fioli
clex. | lie policy of the Republican parly
from its inrancy to the preset t time has
Is-en to develop I lie highest . .paclty of
our people. It dignified laltor and gave
employment at gissl and Incroadng
wages'; li gave homes to the homeless;
freedom to the slaves; fostered manu
factures; gave an unrivaled market to
the pr<sliicer; cstabllshisl llrndy our gov
ernment at home; caused It to lie re
spected abroad; uufiirhsl our flag In new
and distant Islands Isyond the seas, ear
ning Inspiration, enlightenment anil
liberty which It symlsdlzes, and today
gives the strongest |sissihlo assurance to
the world that under the guidance of the
splendid statesman now at, the helm,
America In the days to come Is to Is* not
only the stew rdnfnll t he nations of the
earth, hut thi. uridi r the protection of
benign law-, u ! In the unfolding of our
civill/.atlon w II the Hls-rty loving and
aspiring pro it i' or hi be blessed.
Maligning MoKInley.
Now, I have kepi ,,oil too long, but I
want just a moment more of your tlnio.
I told you at the c ill set that, this cam jxilgn
was run upon fraud hy t he opposition, and
1 think I have shown you so. It Is also
run u|s»n a general abuse of the general
government had of the present admltds
l nil loti, our brave soldier tsiys who went,
to the front and put down the (Spanish
flag, nml an abuse of the conduct of the
officials In charge of t he war depart ment at
Washington. Now there Is just one more
thing t hat I waul to show you, and this will
Is' reinemisired by all of t lie old soldiers
that fought so bravely In the war of
and most of them have read It before,
may lie some of you have. This Is a copy
of a hand bill put out by the opposition
to the election nf Mr. Lincoln In the fall
of iNtil. It was after Gettysburg, after
the surrender of Vicksburg, after Grant's
victories In the Wilderness when the
south had been swept clean hy a merci
less conscription and was uualde to longer
continue the war, hut (hero were still
thousands of troops in the fluid. It Is
a hand Idll announcing a rally at Bush
mill, Ills., and reads as follows:
lttflO.
and
UKMOCKATM
Onoo moro to tho Preach.
(JHAMD HALLY
AT
Bushmill, Friday, November 4th, 1884.
HON L. W ROBS,
MAJ H. P. CUMMINQH,
T. K. MOHf AN,
JOB. C THOMPSON,
WHl address t h«■ |MKi|ilo on tho above oo
eMlon, ami dlaetoee to thorn tho whole
truth of tho mat tor.
Will I K N1KN OF M’DONOOOH
Who priae tho Countltutlon of our Kath
urn; who love tho Union formed by their
wisdom ami coniprniniee:
HHAVK MKN WHO HATKTHKKK
DKLLION OK AHKAHAM LINCOLN
AND ARK DKTKRM1NKI) TO DK
STROY IT
Noble woman who <lo not want their
husband* and sons
I)llA(iUKl) TO THK VALLKY OF
IfKA'i II UY A RKMORSKLKSS
TYRANT
Rally out to this mo<*tlug lu your
atreiigth ami nunilierM
CkntMAL I'OMMITTKK.
Oentlnneu, ash any old soldier and he
will toll you that that la alinply a aaiuple
of what wait m»iii on every atmet corner of
nearly every town. Tl is wait irotton out
to abuse Mr I.lm oln and Ills atTminlstra
tlon. and there wen- hnmlrtsU of thnn In
evert community, and was gotten out for
the same |iur|»™ that Uir oppoattloli are
getting out I heir slantn-rv today Two
years later the Mime lurtim nailed all
ot her meeting Immimi bright Heiaildleatt
Isijs found oue of thean elrviilnrs and
toot li to the printei anil had
a lot of thein run olT, ami the nett mono
tine w|.. n the |»st|de awoke they found a
e«i|,t of tills |dasl< red to the door of every
man In Itushnell. Ills., who had a hand lu
writing t he |Ni«ti-r I hey were the mad
<h si m i of men loti ever sow, and It tail
ihtt tail ter part of the f rviesm f r
them to Wort alttl < id I ie|r owl
A1,sirs, and
here to lav an w t* re sir th'oi*
moat of
I slum,
I slalid
and* of men I C to and In lite
Cut ltd States that w ll )**lld the nett
all INIU of their III .It lug It, seruh oft
the llith and stum amt slim, that they ant
In him to thiow it) on Mr Mt l&itii y and
Ida auwUiLtrattoii tut Lay